Melampyrum pratense
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melampyrum-pratense-270-14905110
title:
Melampyrum pratense
text:
Melampyrum pratense, the common cow-wheat, is a plant species in the family Orobanchaceae. The seed of the plant has an elaiosome, which is attractive to wood ants. The ants disperse the seeds of the plant when they take them back to their nests to feed their young. The plant is an ancient woodland indicator, as the ants rarely carry the seeds more than a few yards, seldom crossing a field to go to a new woodland. The Latin specific epithet pratense means "of meadows". Melampyrum pratense is a f
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description:
Species of flowering plant
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melampyrum_pratense
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date modified:
2024-01-08T15:40:23Z
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